词组 | a grand old man of something |
释义 | (redirected from a grand old man of something)the grand old man of (something)The most senior and respected man in a particular organization, society, etc. His decades of hosting charity balls and galas have made him the grand old man of London. a (or the) grand old man ofa man long and highly respected in a particular field.Recorded from 1882 , and popularly abbreviated as GOM, Grand Old Man was the nickname of the British statesman William Ewart Gladstone ( 1809–98 ), who went on to win his last election in 1892 at the age of eighty-three. a/the ˌgrand old ˈman (of something)an old man who is very experienced and respected in a particular profession, etc: At eighty, he is the grand old man of the British film industry. |
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